Reinke M.a· Longenecker J.M.b· Chowdhury L.c· Thai M.d· Begnel E.d· Horek N.e· Olman C.d· Cullen K.R.e· Klimes-Dougan B.d

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aMedical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
bVISN 4 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
cSchool of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
dDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
eDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Article / Publication Details

Received: March 29, 2022
Accepted: February 14, 2023
Published online: March 08, 2023

Number of Print Pages: 5
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 1

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

Abstract

Apophenia is the tendency to falsely detect meaningful relationships and may indicate susceptibility to more extreme expressions on the psychotic spectrum. This pilot investigated the fragmented ambiguous object task (FAOT), a new measure designed to assess apophenia behaviorally in a sample of adolescents with and without mood disorders using an image recognition task. Our primary hypothesis was that increased image recognition would be associated with PID-5 psychoticism. Participants were 33 (79% female) adolescents with (n = 18) and without (n = 15) mood disorders. Consistent with predictions, increased recognition of ambiguous images correlated positively with psychoticism. There was also moderate evidence for long-term stability of FAOT apophenia scores over time (mean interval of approximately 10 months). These findings offer preliminary evidence that the FAOT may be reflective of underlying psychoticism in our target population.

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Received: March 29, 2022
Accepted: February 14, 2023
Published online: March 08, 2023

Number of Print Pages: 5
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 1

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

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